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| | Chapter 5, pgs. 80-90 Woodbury-Plymouth Counties, Iowa 1890-91 |
 | | CHAPTER V. WHEN Woodbury county was organized in 1853, the local government was vested in what was termed the "county court," which consisted of the county judge, the district clerk and the sheriff. |
 | | County Court.-The first pages of "Minute Book A," the official record of the county court, contain but little, except entries of the amounts of small bills allowed for sundry items, and generally for service rendered by some one of the county officials. |
 | | In June, 1873, Woodbury county was still without a court-house, for the board paid a bill of rent to Booge and Spalding, amounting to 8225, for the quarter ending June 10, that year. |
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